Place in Canon: Approximately 6months after the end of Children of Earth where Gwen and Rhys watched Jack disappear into space from the top of a hill.

Andy got out of the car and wandered over to the collection of paramedics, by-standers and police that had gathered on the edge of the forest. In the middle, as described to him over the police radio was a man wearing a waistcoat with a wound down one side of his face, his hair was short, dark and slightly dusty; actually most of him was quite dusty. Andy looked at him a bit longer, he looked vaguely familiar but he couldn't quite place him. The man had been found collapsed by a couple out walking their dog, who had phoned 999. When the ambulance and police arrived the man had asked specifically for him, but why? Perhaps Andy really did know him.

"Andy! Andy!" The man broke free from the paramedics and rushed towards him.

"Hold it right there" he said putting some personal space between himself and the stranger. The stranger came to an abrupt halt. "Do I know you?" Andy asked, surveying the man from head to toe and back again.

"We have met." The man extended his arm and offered Andy his hand. "Ianto Jones, I work with Gwen."

Andy just stared, memories flooding through his head. Ianto was dead, he'd picked Gwen and Rhys up from the helicopter, driven them to Ianto's sister's, fought the army alongside most people from the estate, for goodness sake he'd been to Ianto's funeral a week later. Yet the man now stood in front of him asking him if he'd heard from Gwen did look uncannily like the man they had buried nearly a year ago. Hold on thought Andy suddenly aware of reality rather than his own thoughts. The man was asking about Gwen...

"Yes all the time, why?"

"She's safe?"

"She's fine, and Carys, and Rhys. But hold on, you're, you're, well last I knew mate you were dead."

"Well I think someone wants us all dead, can you get me to Gwen?"

"No mate, as in you died, I was there when they buried you. A year ago."

"A year ago? No, I'm not dead, I'm here."

"Yes, so who are you? And why are you trying to impersonate a dead man?"

"I'm not, I don't know what'shappened but I really need to speak to Gwen"

"You wait here, I don't know what's going on but I think I'll have a word with Gwen before we take this any further." Andy reached into his pocket grabbed his phone and dialled Gwen's number. It rang for what seemed like eternity before she finally answered.

"Hello?" Gwen, sounded distracted as she answered his call.

"Hi Gwen, its Andy"

"Hi Andy" rings cheerfully down the line "..Two ticks, just need to reposition Carys, ah right now how are you?"

"Gwen are you sitting down?"

"Yes Andy I'm on the sofa why?"

"I have just been called to the strangest of things and I think you might need to know about it"

"Oh? Vaguely alien is it?" There was a slight hint of sarcasm in her voice, but Andy decided to ignore it; now was not the time to get upset by Gwen's continued impression of self importance as Torchwood's only member.

"Well not exactly, I've been called to a man who thinks he's Ianto, and he's really quite convincing but, well, erm..."

There was a silence on the other end of the line. "Ianto died Andy, a year ago" The mocking tone was gone, she simply sounded concerned.

"I know I was at the funeral, I fought in the street remember?"

"So what are you trying to tell me?"

"Well I got called this morning to come to a man that had been found collapsed in the forest, he asked for me, he looks like Ianto, he sounds like Ianto, and he's very concerned for your safety and seems to things someone is chasing the two of you. He also asked about the children, if they'd said anything else."

"Well that's a really tasteless prank, why would someone do that?" The anger rose in Gwen's voice.

"Well, I was a bit cautious at first, but well looking at him now I'm not sure it isn't him. I never really believed in resurrection and all but well this is very strange."

"You really think it's him?"

"I'm not 100% certain its not"

"Hmm, ok well bring him over here, I'll dig out the blood samples and kit and we can at least conclude who he is or isn't" And with that she hung up.

Andy stared at his a phone for a second, before returning it to his pocket. It was going to be one of those days. The paramedics had apparently finished their investigations, the man looked at Andy, Andy isn't sure if what he saw was fear, shock, or worry across the man's face. He approached the group.

"I'll take it from here, lads, thanks for checking him over" And without a word he led Ianto over to the passenger seat of his car.

Ianto said very little in the car, Andy tried to keep conversation light, talk about the weather, recent events...

"Where are we going?" Ianto interrupted.

"To see Gwen" Andy was quite short in his response.

Silence filled the car.

They pulled up outside Gwen's house.

"But this isn't where Gwen lives, she lives..." his voice trailed off...

The sound of the car pulling up outside alerted Gwen to the arrival of her visitors. With Carys in the carry pouch and the blood sampling kit in one hand she headed out the front door. Andy got out the car and came round with her to open the passenger door.

Gwen looked at the man in passenger seat; he looked uncannily like Ianto had when they'd all met up in London last year. He caught her gaze; she looked away and reached for the needle.

"Arm please, this won't hurt much"

Ianto looked a bit stunned. "Gwen, what's going on?"

"We need to find out who you are"

"But you..."

The needle went through the skin, and his blood entered the vacutainer.

"..You know who I am, its Ianto."

"Ianto is dead. He died a year ago in London doing battle with the 456. If you're going to impersonate someone you should do all your research first." Her voice showed little emotion, the words were bitter but spoken very matter of fact. She turned back to the house. "Andy don't let him move, this will only take 10mins to compare to Ianto's real sample.

Ianto felt numb. What had happened? Where was he? Why did his friends question his identity?

Andy sat in silence, occasionally he shifted as if about to say something but then thinking better of it.

Ten minutes seemed like eternity.

Gwen reappeared in the doorway, she rushed out to the car, round the bonnet and threw open the passenger door. She just stood and stared, tears welling up in eyes.

"Ianto?" she whispered.

"It's him!" Exclaimed Andy. "Really him? But but how?"

"Gwen" A look of relief washed over Ianto's face, but was quickly replaced by one of fear."What's going on Gwen, what's happened?"

Gwen gave him a big hug. Tears rolling onto his shoulder. "I don't know Ianto, you're you're supposed to be dead..." She drew back, examining him slightly cautiously. "You're not dead are you?"

"I wasn't aware of being dead."

"Will someone please explain what's going on?" Andy lent over the handbrake.

"I think you'd best come inside, we have a lot to catch up on and work out." She backed away and headed to the house. Ianto stepped out of the car, feeling the breeze on face, somehow the world felt very odd. Andy beckoned him up the path to the house.